The Effect of Hope Therapy on the Management of Hemodialysis Outcomes: A Review Article.

Hemodialysis can have specific adverse effects, so it's critical to minimize them by employing non-pharmacological techniques. This review's primary goal was to assess how hope therapy affected the treatment of hemodialysis patients. This review was conducted by analyzing the results of previous studies published between 1996 and 2023. We chose sixteen studies in consideration of the inclusion and exclusion criteria and by employing Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms to the literature discussed in international databases. The findings of the current study revealed that hope therapy can significantly reduce anxiety, stress, and depression and also considerably increase happiness, quality of life, and adherence to treatment in hemodialysis patients. In addition, effective interventions for improving hope in hemodialysis patients included spiritual counseling, spiritual therapy, stress management training, intervention based on disease perception, positive thinking training, and other similar methods. Based on the findings, we concluded that the caregivers of hemodialysis patients and their families must use other non-pharmacological methods, especially hope therapy, to reduce the adverse outcomes of hemodialysis.